History Main / Xenofiction

* ''[[https://zirconaworks.com/ Z-Verse]]'' series by R.H. Stevens takes place entirely from the perspective of various alien characters with nary a human in sight. They're usually pretty cozy mysteries even if they have dark premises. Some of the stories are free to read including:
** ''[[https://zirconaworks.com/a-sense-for-memory/ A Sense for Memory]]'': Alien detectives investigate the disappearance of a courier who may or may not be carrying a cosmic doomsday device.
** ''[[https://zirconaworks.com/trick-of-the-light/ Trick of the Light]]'': Commandos stumble upon a creepy derelict ship .
** ''[[https://zirconaworks.com/escape-angra-mainyu/ Escape from Angra-Mainyu]]'': A Rit-Phyr ambassador recovers data from a falling space station and encounters strange experiments.

* ''Literature/WatershipDown'', a tale about badass wild rabbits. They can only count to four and most of them can't grasp concepts like "things which float can be ridden across water to safety", but they are sapient. Often the go-to example for explaining the genre. Even the ''dialogue'' is noted as being translated from the way rabbits would actually communicate for the benefit of the reader.

* ''Manga/CrimsonsTheScarletNavigatorsOfTheOcean''

Not to be confused with {{Xenafication}}, or [[VideoGame/{{Xenogears}} the]] [[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Xeno]] [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 games]], or [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph fiction]].

* ‘’ WebAnimation/WolfSongTheMovie’’ has its entire plot being a couple dogs being incorporated into a wolf pack and transformed into wolves in order to to fight a {hellhound} invasion which had resulted in numerous deaths. Sure it has some significant fantasy elements such as elemental abilities, souls and the aforementioned hellhounds, but the characters still act almost like any wolves would, with a few exceptions, most notably during the fight scenes which are usually brutal and animalistic in nature, down to the typical finisher if the fight is to the death.

* ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'' depicts the real life mating habits of Penguins with human songs in place of calls, making it an odd example of a JukeboxMusical Xenofiction piece. Alongside this, it heavily features HumansAreCthulhu by showing us these 'aliens' through the eyes of the local wildlife and their endeavors to understand and communicate with this bizarre and more powerful race.

* ''Literature/KavikTheWolfDog'' is told mostly from the POV of the title wolf-dog, though his human companions do get their own perspectives.

* ''Literature/Trickster'' by Tom Moorhouse is told from the perspective of rats, and often mentions how important scents are to them.

* ''Literature/KavikTheWolfDog'' is told from the POV of the title dog. He was abandoned, then adopted by a pack of wolves. It goes to great lengths to explain canine behavior and the pecking order of a wolf pack. Kavik was first trapped as a puppy, which so traumatized him that he did not live up to his name (meaning "[[PintsizedPowerhouse wolverine]]") when the local dog pack attacked him. Then he was marooned again, and had to cross miles of hostile terrain, toughening up and losing his fear. After he got home, the local dog pack tried to pick on him again. Mistake.

** The same author has a similar book told from the point of view of lions, ''Literature/TheWayOfKings2021''.

** Later on there's a chapter devoted to [[spoiler:[[PhysicalGod Scion]]]]. [[spoiler:The first half of a later chapter is devoted to his so-called ''[[StarfishAliens other half,]]'' Eden, and her perspective of the CrapsackWorld [[ForWantOfANail they had wanted to create.]]]]

* Creator/HalClement did this a lot too. Examples:
** ''Iceworld'' is split between the human characters and aliens from a super-hot planet who visit Earth (the titular "ice world" for trade).

* ''Iceworld'' is split between the human characters and aliens from a super-hot planet who visit Earth (the titular "ice world" for trade).
* ''Literature/MissionOfGravity'' is partially from the perspective of the alien IntrepidMerchant captain [[Barlennan]].
* ''Needle'' is partly from the perspective of an alien detective, who is a sentient viral colony and [[TheSymbiote forms a symbiotic relationship with a human teenager]].

* ''Fanfic/TheDragonJournals'' retells the story of ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' from the dragons' point of view.

* ''Anime/{{Beastars}}'' takes place in a world of anthropomorphic animals. What makes it this trope is that the animal's biology and natural instincts are portrayed as very different from human ones, even though they're sentient. In particular, a major theme is how very hard it is to maintain a peaceful, semi-egalitarian society when [[CarnivoreConfusion half the citizens are hard-wired to want to eat the other half]], and when the latter instinctively fear and distrust the former.

* ''Theatre/{{Cats}}'': Implied. Not only is there not a single human character in the cast, it's strongly hinted that many of the weirder moments in the story are the result of the play being told from the exaggerated perspective of stray cats living in [[TheCity a large city]]; the Jellicles' bizarre names are their "true" names (which humans are incapable of knowing), the "criminal mastermind" [[BigBad Macavity]] is just a particularly bold and territorial stray who often steals food from human dwellings, "The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles" is just an exaggerated retelling of a fight between two clans of stray dogs, etc.

* ''Literature/WarWithNoName'' is a case of this involving UpliftedAnimals. The first book begins with the protagonist Sebastian as a normal cat, and the way the story is conveyed early on reflects the somewhat vague understanding he has of his environment. Over the course of the first chapter, Sebastian slowly becomes more and more cognizant of the things happening around him. It comes to a head when the actual spoken dialogue of the humans is finally shown to the reader, firmly establishing that Sebastian has achieved enough sapience to understand them.

If it's taking place under the nose of humans, there may or may not have a {{Masquerade}}, and humans will probably either be [[HumansAreBastards bastards]] or [[HumansAreCthulhu eldritch abominations]]. It may make use of HumansThroughAlienEyes. A non-human character may be IntriguedByHumanity. Xenofiction usually explores BizarreAlienPsychology.

* ''Anime/{{Beastars}}'' takes place in a world of anthropomorphic animals. What makes it this trope is that the animals' biology and natural instincts are portrayed as very different from human ones, even though they're sentient. In particular, a major theme is how very hard it is to maintain a peaceful, semi-egalitarian society when [[CarnivoreConfusion half the citizens are hard-wired to want to eat the other half,]] and when the latter instinctively fear and distrust the former.